JAKARTA - The issue of radicalism and the Taliban is currently being discussed on social media and is linked to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). Senior KPK investigator, Novel Baswedan, said that the issue was used to weaken the performance of investigating corruption cases carried out by the KPK.
"The radical-Taliban issue has often been used by supporters of corruptors, even though it is clear that it is a false and fabricated issue," Baswedan told reporters, Monday, January 25.
The Taliban group itself is an Islamic fundamentalist group that controlled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001.
Reporting from the cfr.org site, the Taliban was formed in the 1990s by the Afghan mujahidin or Islamic guerrillas who fought against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan (1979–1989). The Taliban has the support of the CIA and its partners in Pakistan. Apart from that they were dominated by the Pashtuns.
The movement initially garnered support on the promise of creating stability, security and peace based on Islamic Sharia. As a result, the group managed to control several important cities in Afghanistan, one of which was Kabul which was conquered in 1996.
The incessant movement of the Taliban made the group succeed in dominating policy in Afghanistan. In fact, the regime controlled 90 percent of Afghanistan's state policies for the several years until 2001.
The Taliban has come under fire from various international organizations and countries in the world for committing many violations. The UN Security Council even condemned their actions because they were considered to have committed human rights violations in Afghanistan.
The policies imposed by the Taliban are tough and radical. The regime ignores social services, and neglects the state's function for its people. In addition, they require Afghan women to wear burqas from head to toe, ban music and television, and imprison men whose beards are too short.
The government of the Taliban was successfully overthrown by the United States because it was accused of protecting Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda. Osama himself became a figure responsible for the tragedy of the attack on the twin towers of the WTC, New York on September 11, 2001.
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